Gutter-box.



E.' W. SNOW.

GUTTER BOX.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 31. 1910.

1,0329249- Patent-@f July 9, 19.12.

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@Meghan/ E. W. SNOW.

GUTTER BOX.

APPLICATION FILED 0017.31, 191.0.

1,032,249. Patented July Q, 39H.

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ERNEST w.. SNOW, 'or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

GUTTER-Box T all Mmm it may evaeem.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST W. a citizen of the United States, residingat Rochester, in the c'ouhty of Monroe and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improveinent'in Gutter- Boxes, of whichthe following i's :i specification.

This invention relates in distributing boards duits.

The vprimary object of said invention is to provide a panel ordistributing board with an outside glitter formed of cast iron or sheetmetal which is provided with a removable cover through which the wiresmay be inserted and openings adapted to glitter for the purpose ofdistributing the electric wires on said panel.

It has heretofore been the practice to arrange the gutter on the insideof the and the object of this invention is to construct a device whichwill be more eiiicient than the distributing boxes now in use and whichwill be cheaply and easily constructed. the arrangement being such as togreatly reduce the size of the box which will not only allow the deviceto be Snow,

to an improvement B0.n1ore cheaply manufactured but r-will at the fofgutter box. Fig. 4 1s a view same time form a box which will take upconsiderably less room than the boxes now in use.

In the drawingosr-Figure l is a View of the distributing box showing thearrangement of the gutters Fig. 2 a sectional view taken on the line 1 1of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 a view 'showing a. slightly modified form showing adistributing box provided with gutters arranged in series, the guttersbeing -provided with a switch mechanisn Fig. 5. a sectional view of saidbox. Fi 6 a detailed view showing the manner o feeding the wires to thedistributing box. Fig. 7 a detailed view of one of the closures. Fi 8 adetailed view showing a slightly modlfied form of closure.

In the drawings: 10 designates the distributing box which is providedwith the Q box by screws 12 usual distributing panel 11. In the formshown in Fig. 1 the gutter consists of the casing 12 which is formedwith one open side which is arrangedto lie Hush with the box 10, thecasing being clamped to said which pass through aperspeciaeation ofnemers Patent. appneenbn mea oeteber s1, 1910. serial mi. 589,990.

for electrical e'on-v i through the posite edge of the plate is y meansof the pin 25.

tures 12". The casing is also provided with the beveled portion 134 wlihhas arranged thereon ah aperture 14. yPipes 15 are connected to 'saidcasing, through which the wires are adapted to extend. The wall of thedistributing box is l'lo'vided with a `plurality of apertures in it' ichare inserted the insulated bushings 16 through which the wires areadapted to pass in entering the box. v

It will be seen that the wiresI ma be rst inserted within the pipes 15and t en pass bushings 16 and be connected up with thedistributing'board, the wires being .handled through the opening 14 inthe casing. A plate 17, as best seenin Figs. 7 and 10, 'is adapted tocover said opening, said plate being provided near one edge with a lug18 arranged at such an angle thereto as to engage the inner face of thecasing 19. Arranged at an angle on the opa perforatedlug 18 to receive aretaining screw in such a manner as to engage the casing at the oppositeedge of the opening, thereby holding the cover against removal.

The distributing box is provided with a gutter adapted to receive thewires and a gutter through which the wires may Patented July 9, 1912.

be passed in order to conduct the wires from the box.

In the form shown in Fig.- 4-the gutters 7 are arranged in pairs, a snapswitch 26 .being arranged on.the intake gutter,

- the wires being connected to said switch bev fore the same enter thedistributing box. It will be noted that the outlet gutter as shown inthis form consists of the shell 20 which has formed integral therewith.the hollow extension 21 through which the -wires are adapted to pass,said extension being screw-threaded to receive a conductor carryin pi e.

n t e modified form of closure 17 shown in Figs. 8 and 9 slidablyarranged latches 24 are connected by means of the links 24 with theelliptical plate 25 which is rotated These sl-iding plates have theirfree ends beveled and are adapted to engage the interior of the gutterto securely hold the closure against aecidental displacement.

What is claimed is:

1. In a gutter box, a plurality of casings secured to said box, saidcasing and box being provided with registering openings,

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bushings arranged in said boX openings, each of said casings having theadjacent portions of two of the contiguous sides re# moved to provide anaccess opening, said ca sings being provided With removable covers {forsaid access openings forming obtuse angles with the Walls of saidcasings, sliding means carried by said covers, for engagement 'with theadjacent Walls of said access openings, to hold the same in contact withthe said casings, andimeans for projecting the sliding means beyond theedges of the vcovers and for retracting the same.

2. In a gutter boX, the combination with a plurality of casings securedto said box, having access openings, of removable covers for said accessopenings and forming obtuse angles with the Walls thereof, blocksslidably mounted on each of the covers, an apertured rotatable elongatedblock therebetween, and lin s connected to the sliding blocks and therotatable block, said cover having an opening to permit the insertion ofan instrument into the block opening, whereby the elongated block may berotated to extend or retract the sliding blocks'.

In testimony whereof I aiX my signature` in the presence of twowitnesses.

ERNEST W. SNOW. lfVitnesses:

GEORGE DiLoER, 'l/VALTEP. E. SCHROEDEL.'

